WEBVTT More central Iowa jobs may be heading south of the border. KCCI has learned Lennox has proposed to move some of its heating production to Mexico. Marcus Mcintosh is just back from marshalltown with the story.. Marcus... Stacey....we learned from a number of emails and tips into us about the desire by lennox to move parts of its heating production to its plant in Saltillo mexico by 2015... Jeffrey Vajgrt and Mark Mitchell have worked at Lennox in Marshalltown for more than 20 years each... both think Lennox's proposal to move some of the heating production jobs to the under expansion facility in Saltillo Mexico by 2015 is.... ============ SOT IN 10:26 MARK MITCHELL I THINK IT IS A REAL BAD THING butt to SOT IN 16:41 JEFF VAJGRT WHATS GOING ON IS WRONG. ========== According to John Hurst, lennox's vice president of government affairs and communication s "THE PROPOSAL IS BASED ON FUTURE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT MAKE EXPANDING ITS MEXICO PLANT THE BEST OPTION FOR THE FUTURE..." According to a fact sheet given to employees monday the proposal also seeks to balance factory operations so not all heating production is done in one place which will reduce the risk of production being interrupted. Employees say they want their years of dedicated service to mean something. =========== SOT IN 10:30 MARK WE PUT HARD WORK INTO THIS COMPANY...WE WORK AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND WE PRODUCE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ALLOW US TO PRODUCE. ===== We received this statement form Ron McInroy region 4 director of the united auto workers...which oversees Marshalltown local 893 which represents lennox employees..."IT' S DISSAPPOINTI NG THAT AFTER OUR MEMBERS WORKED SO HARD AND AGREED TO CONCESSIONS TO MAKLE THE COMPANY COMPETITIVE WHILE BUILDING QUALITY PRODUCTS, LENOX IS CHOOSING TO MOVE ITW WORK FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES" Vagrt says he trusts the union to fight for the employees but says admits uncertainty is taking its toll on employees. ============= = SOT IN 16:26 JEFF THEY ARE FEELING PUNISHED AND ABANDONED THEY ARE FEELING VERY DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. ============ However, Lennox says there is a chance the plant could remain open. The fact sheet sent to workers states they will negotiate with the plant's union to see if it would be cheaper to keep the Marshalltown plant open. So at this point it appears the heating jobs will stay or go depending on where the company will